judiciary

A federal judge tossed out the government's case against rancher Cliven Bundy, who famously engaged in a stand off with government officials over disputed BLM fees. The judge was none too pleased with prosecutors' conduct:

One of the more arcane Senate customs is allowing Senators to quietly issue what are called "blue slips" to delay the confirmation hearings of presidential nominees. The practice is 100 years old, and has been used to hold up hearings for any numbers of reasons.

This President has an uncanny ability to deploy a single comment on Twitter that sends huge sections of the media into a tizzy. We saw it over the last few days in the spat between Mr. Trump and NFL players, and we will likely see more.

In the wake of Senate Democrats toying with the idea of religious tests for federal judges, some Catholic leaders are pushing back hard. Among them: Notre Dame president Fr. John Jenkins, who wrote a letter to Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein about her bigoted assault on federal judicial nominee Amy Coney Barrett.

Article Six of the U.S. Constitution clearly states that "no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States." Those words ought to be clear to even the dullest of elected officials.